Lead Linux SRE & Automation Engineer

96 Morgan Stanley UK Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced Linux System Administrator at a director level AVP to support, modernize, and automate its distributed Linux infrastructure. The role spans open-source and in-house components, with a focus on stability, security, and reliability across global teams.

The ideal candidate will lead with hands-on coding, automate large-scale environments, participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation, and collaborate across engineering, operations and project teams to

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of enterprise-level experience supporting large Linux environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems, hardware platforms, automated builds, and lights-out management.
• Experience with CI, source control, release management and change control best practices.

Responsibilities

• Support, deploy, and troubleshoot large-scale production Linux environments with focus on stability and reliability.
• Write and maintain documentation for systems, processes and operational support models.
• Participate in a global follow-the-sun on-call rotation for production issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, developers and operations to deliver infrastructure improvements.
• Demonstrate coding or scripting ability, preferably Python, and automation of repeatable tasks.

Skills

Linux

Python

Automation

SRE

CI/CD

Networking

Tools

Monitoring tools

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking an experienced Linux System Administrator at a director level AVP to support, modernize, and automate its distributed Linux infrastructure. The role spans open-source and in-house components, with a focus on stability, security, and reliability across global teams.

The ideal candidate will lead with hands-on coding, automate large-scale environments, participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation, and collaborate across engineering, operations and project teams to